mast
n
1 upright post of wood or metal used to support a ship's sails 船桅; 樯. =>illus at yacht 见yacht插图.
2 tall pole, eg for a flag 长杆(如旗杆).
3 tall steel structure for the aerials of a radio or TV transmitter (电视或无线电发射机的)天线塔.
4 (idm 习语) at half-mast => half. before the `mast (dated or rhet 旧或修辞) serving as an ordinary seaman 当二等水兵
He spent ten years before the mast. 他当了十年的海员. nail one's colours to the mast => nail v.
mast n [U]
fruit of forest trees, eg the beech, oak, etc, used as food for pigs 山毛榉、 橡树等的果实(用作猪饲料).
New York is built on a group of islands on the east coast of the USA at a point where several rivers flow into the ocean.
纽约市建立在美国东海岸的一群岛屿上,那儿是好几条河流入海的交汇点。
What a great teacher!
多么高尚的老师!
From this we get the expression to make a beeline for someone or something, which means to go quickly along a straight direct course for someone or something.
从这里我们得到一条短语"to make a beeline for someone or something,意思是迅速地沿着一条直线向某人或某物走去。